SARATOGA SPRINGS -- With the Glens Falls Stakes having been taken off the turf and moved to a "muddy" main track -- and shortened from 11 to 9 furlongs -- the $150,000 race for older fillies and mares on Monday took on an entirely different look. Five of the seven starters were main-track-only entrants.

One of those MTO runners was Lady Cohiba, who had run well in both tries over a wet surface. The more recent was a third in an overnight stakes here at Saratoga on Aug. 9. That was good enough for the 4-year-old daughter of Broken Vow to be dispatched as the 3-2 favorite.

Jockey Junior Alvarado sent Lady Cohiba to the front, and she stayed there through a quarter in 23.75 and a half in 47.73. Greed and Fear provided the early pressure, and the field was starting to bunch up as the horses went into the far turn.

Lady Cohiba was still on top straightening for home, however, and at the eighth pole she found another gear, accelerating away from the rest of the field. The lead was two lengths at the eighth pole. White Rose rallied late to make it close, but at the wire it was Lady Cohiba by a half-length. The running time was 1:50.86.

"I told Junior to be on the pace or close to it," said winning trainer Christophe Clement, who conditions the winner for Live Oak Plantation. "He never rushed her; he let her run her own race."

With the victory, Lady Cohiba's record stands at 4-2-2 from 11 starts, and her earnings total $288,525.

Because of the surface switch, the Glens Falls loses its Grade 3 rating, pending further review by the American Graded Stakes Committee.